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801. Tales from the Pit: The Weight is a Gift (Feat. Anny and John)

Anny and John Liot graciously share their miscarriage story with Michael to complete his series on childbirth and childrearing. Losing a baby during pregnancy is one of the more common nightmare scenarios modern humans undergo, so we may as well talk about it and see if that helps. This is a rough one - features asshole doctors and systemic failures throughout.

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Major Sosche Meeds UPDATE! (Social Media AS WELL!!!!)

Hey frijole fam. Just a quick heads up to let you know that the very biggest of the Small Beans...

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800. Please Send Help (November 26, 2024)

Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!

The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!

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799. Escape from the Multicurse: Turtles Forever

Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotag...

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798. 1Upsmanship: Star Wars Outlaws

Gonna be honest: Adam and Michael, who think Star Wars is pretty sweet but fairly just alright, take time out of their busy day to dunk on the new Star Wars video game installment. They talk SW names, game design, and Ubisoft as a whole. But hey, it’s still Star Wars. There’s Bleep Borpo, or some shit. It’s dope.

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797. Costumes & Cretins - Episode 4: Basketball & Knives

Michael Swaim wrote a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign for his buds Starline Hodge, Abe Epperson, and David Bell. They basically know as much as you do, so we recorded it and here it is. 

Features:

Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP

Starline Hodge: https://twitter.com/starlinex

Abe Epperson: 2024-11-21 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

796. Tools of the Tirade. by MS Wərd

*ADVISORY - Don't purchase this product through iOS, they gouge you! Just go straight to our Patreon shop for the best price.*

A rap album written and performed by Michael Swaim. Full joint available at www.patreon.com/c/smallbeans/shop.

Music by Davey Francis, except for "Big Paws" by Noah Byrne.

Produced by Davey Francis.

TRACK LIST

  • MS Wərd

  • Pronou...

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795. See You Space Podboys - Session #3: Honky Tonk Women

Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about Faye Valentine and session #3, Honky Tonk Women. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam.

Features:

Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz

Abe Epperson: https://twitt...

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794. Frame Rate: Kill Me Now (2012)

We want to thank Ken M. for donating to our movie Papa Bear! At his request, we recorded a Frame Rate discussing our first attempt at indie filmmaking some 15 years ago. If you haven’t seen it, it’s available on Plex (for free), as well as Youtube and Amazon Prime. 

We talk about the struggles and blessings of making a movie with an ultra-micro budget as well as what it was like on set...

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793. Costumes & Cretins - Episode 3: Two Ghostfaces & A Pennywise

Michael Swaim wrote a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign for his buds Starline Hodge, Abe Epperson, and David Bell. They basically know as much as you do, so we recorded it and here it is. 

Features:

Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP

Starline Hodge: https://twitter.com/starlinex

Abe Epperson: 2024-11-14 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Swaim's Gladiator Video

Mike made another video for CRACKED, in case you're interested. It's about historical inaccuracies in Gladiator and interesting trivia you can plug into your brain instead for when you inevitably think about the Roman Empire later.

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792. Please Send Help (November 12, 2024)

Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!

The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!

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791. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 83 - Into the Wild Green Yonder (Pt. 2)

If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well. For the next few episodes of this show, we’ll be connecting the Futurama films to some Star Trek films.

This episode covers the final Futurama movie paired with the last TNG era movie. For Part 1 and 3, make sure and visit the Gamefully ...

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790. 1Upsmanship: Astro Bot

Adam and Michael talk about this year’s hit platformer Astro Bot published by Sony. You control a little guy! You’re a Sony product who loves Sony products! But also the jumping is pretty sweet.

Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP 

Adam Ganser: 2024-11-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

789. Costumes & Cretins - Episode 2: A Goblin Fight & A Shop

Michael Swaim wrote a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign for his buds Starline Hodge, Abe Epperson, and David Bell. They basically know as much as you do, so we recorded it and here it is. 

Features:

Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP

Starline Hodge: https://twitter.com/starlinex

Abe Epperson: 2024-11-07 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

788. Tales from the Pit: Codystic Fibranksis (Feat. Cody Franks)

Michael meets with Cody Franks of the Least Haunted pod and Seqoidea to discuss life through the lens of his Cystic Fibrosis. Opens with the short story "run|time" voiced by Michael and Hana Michels of2024-11-06 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

787. Please Send Help (November 5, 2024)

Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!

The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!

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New CRACKED Show! The Katie Willert Experience Experience

In his quest to revivify the Cracked channel, Michael got Willert to come back, rewatch all their old sketches with him and shoot the shit about old times and new. It's a brand new half-hour series and it just dropped like so many hot its!

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786. Ander’s Sons: The French Dispatch

Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2021 film The French Dispatch which details the last days of a dead magazine editor. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters.

Features:

Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP

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785. Costumes & Cretins - Episode 1: Introductions & A House Party

A spooky themed D&D show?! Releasing on Halloween? 10-12 hours of content released for the next 10 weeks?! Small Beans dropping a new show without any warning?!?

Michael Swaim wrote a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign for his buds Starline Hodge, Abe Epperson, and David Bell. They basically know as much as you do, so we recorded it and here it is. 

Features:

Michael Sw...

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784. Please Send Help (October 29, 2024)

Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!

The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!

https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy View Post

783. Escape from the Multicurse: 12 Monkeys

Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotag...

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782. 1Upsmanship - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Adam and Michael take another retro dive and cover the 1997 action role-playing platformer, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The player becomes Alucard, half-vampire son of Dracula. You can tell he’s his son because Alucard is Dracula backward. Anyway, you run around with a sword and slice your way down an upside down castle. It’s considered one of the best games of all time by critics, but do...

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781. See You Space Podboys - Session #2: Stray Dog Strut

Oh hey, what’s up? Me? Oh, I’m just a new podcast. I’m all about 1998’s Cowboy Bebop, the anime. You know, just Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson talking about perhaps the coolest media ever created. You like breaking down each episode and talking about execution and themes? I knew you would. I could just tell you’d like this 26 part, 45 minute podcast. Strap on in. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam.

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780. Inside Dads: Kiss the Girls, and Other Crime Thrillers

Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out!


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779. Please Send Help (October 15, 2024)

Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!

The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!

https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy View Post

778. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 81 - Bender’s Game (Pt. 3)

If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well. For the next few episodes of this show, we’ll be connecting the Futurama films to some Star Trek films.

This episode is the final part of our three part coverage of the Futurama movie “Bender’s Game.” For Part 2, make sure and visi...

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777. 1Upsmanship: Papers, Please

Adam and Michael cover the 2013 indie hit Papers, Please. The player takes on the role of a border-crossing immigration officer in the fictional dystopian communist country of Arstotzka, complete with quests that make you question your own morality and sympathies in order to win a video game. Do we put a green stamp on this one and give it passage on the Celestial Hard Drive?

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776. Please Send Help (October 8, 2024)

Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!

The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!

https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy View Post

775. Frame Rate: I’m A Virgo

Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson sat down and watched the 7 episodes of the limited series I’m A Virgo, directed by Boots Riley. While the story is about a teen sheltered from the world due to his largeness, it becomes a social commentary about growing up Black in America along with the effects of capitalism on American communities. We talk about the impressive technical feats and filmmaking as well ...

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